Install Eclipse IDE on Debian Jessie 8
The Tutorial shows you How to Install and Getting-Started with the Latest Eclipse 2023-12 R IDE on Debian Linux 8 Jessie i386/amd64 GNOME/KDE/Xfce/Lxde Desktop.
There is the Possibility also to Install the Eclipse Platform via apt-get But the Debian 8 Jessie apt Repositories are still Back to a Legacy Eclipse.
So at the Moment if you want Install the Latest Eclipse 2023-12 R Build on Debian Linux Jessie you will Need to Download and Install Eclipse 2023-12 R Standard Release for Linux.
Hence, here we Proceed Directly to Download and Installation of the Official Eclipse Standard IDE Linux Release.
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Download Eclipse Standard Oxygen R IDE
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Double-Click/Right-Click on Archive and Extract Eclipse into /tmp
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Open a Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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Relocating Eclipse.
su
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/eclipse && mv /tmp/eclipse /opt/
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Starting Eclipse from Terminal.
Making a Symlink
ln -s /opt/eclipse/eclipse /usr/local/bin/eclipse
After you can Start Eclipse JEE from Terminal simply with:
eclipse
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Create an Eclipse Desktop Launcher for Easy-Starting
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